Pacman error : file exists in filesystem (python-evdev)

[falcidi]

Hi

I’m looking for a little assistance if possible. I’m not sure if I have broken my system. I’ve tried a few times now to update EOS and I get the following errors. Is there a way to fix it easily?

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(279/279) checking keys in keyring [--------------------------------------] 100%
(279/279) checking package integrity [--------------------------------------] 100%
(279/279) loading package files [--------------------------------------] 100%
(279/279) checking for file conflicts [--------------------------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/init.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/init.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/device.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/ecodes.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/eventio.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/eventio_async.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesys
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python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/events.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/evtest.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/ff.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/genecodes.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/uinput.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/pycache/util.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/_ecodes.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so exists in filesyste
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python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/_input.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/_uinput.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so exists in filesyste
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python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/device.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/ecodes.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/eventio.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/eventio_async.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/events.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/evtest.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/ff.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/genecodes.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/uinput.py exists in filesystem
python-evdev: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/evdev/util.py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
→ error installing repo packages

[flyingcakes]

There are existing threads you want to check out

Help with 'dreaded' exists in filesystem upgrade issue required please

Hi Running pacman -Syu to do full system upgrade and getting lots of ‘exists in filesystem’ errors (see below) They appear to be caused by flatpak and xdg-desktop-portal I’m out of my depth on this one. would it be safe to overwrite? and if so what is the command to do that?? ‘flatpak list’ doesn’t show anything installed!? Apologies for being clueless Thanks Keith error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) xdg-desktop-portal: /usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal.service…

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In your case, it seems like you had at some point run pip command as root - which is not at all recommended. As a result, the python package files are already there on system, which pacman refuses to overwrite. You probably want to run the pacman command with --overwrite "*" option.

or wait until someone more knowledgeable comes by

PS. Edited title to be more descriptive.

[falcidi]

Thank you that fixed my problem. I do recall I used pip for something specific but can’t recall now and now thinking back this was probably when my issues started. Anyway everything is updated so thank you

[jonathon]

@falcidi

exists in filesystem

Also for reference:

[FAQ] Package installation says FILENAME exists in filesystem; “Failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)”

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